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> 7th Heaven. I didn’t like it. It was just that I came home at a regular time, and that show just seemed to be on, and I watched it because that’s what you do
by rchaud 3y ago
> 7th Heaven. I didn’t like it. It was just that I came home at a regular time, and that show just seemed to be on, and I watched it because that’s what you do
This is a big reason why I barely watch any new TV shows these days. Back then, you'd turn the TV on and there would be something, and you'd just watch it even if it was midway through. Today, there's just an endless grid of thumbnails, forcing you to expend mental effort to figure out from the tiny image and 3 line synopsis if it's worth trying.
- random42_ 3y ago> 3 line synopsis if it's worth trying. That was a good thing. Now Netflix--at least for me--doesn't even give me that for most series/movies; it only says crap like "This movie was the most watched in US this month" or something useless like that.
- ghaff 3y agoI'm not that inclined to especially romanticize channel-surfing.
- awiesenhofer 3y agoI can't find the link anymore, but this reminds me of the guy who set up a Raspberry Pi to continuously play random Simpsons episodes as a kind of TV channel to watch when you cant decide what to watch.